At the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities
The Twin Cities campus ranked 2nd in the Big Ten and 24th among doctorate-granting universities in numbers of students sent abroad on credit-bearing programs in 2020–21 (2022 Open Doors Data Report).
About 21% of UMTC undergraduate students studied abroad in 2022–23 (Calculated based on the number of students abroad divided by the number of degrees granted that academic year).
The data below include all undergraduate students who participated in a learning abroad program through the Learning Abroad Center or Carlson Global Institute or registered their University-purpose travel through the GPS Alliance.
Top destinations (2022–23)
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Germany
- Japan
- South Korea
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Sweden
How long do students spend abroad (2022–23)?
50% Short-term
48% Semester
2% Year-long
Who studies abroad (2022–23)?
65% Female
33% Male
2% Other/Not Specified
72% White
14 % Asian
5% No information/Not Specified
4% Black/African American
4% Hispanic/Latino
1% American Indian/Alaska Native
Undergraduate Student Participation by UMTC Collegiate Unit*
Collegiate Unit | 2022–2023 | 2021–2022 | 2020–2021 | 2019–2020 | 2018–2019 |
Carlson School of Management | 772 | 297 | 88 | 580 | 899 |
College of Biological Sciences | 100 | 71 | 26 | 94 | 147 |
College of Continuing and Professional Studies | 30 | 23 | 294 | 879 | 1048 |
College of Design | 82 | 69 | 62 | 83 | 143 |
College of Education and Human Development | 112 | 87 | 36 | 169 | 264 |
College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | 125 | 92 | 28 | 109 | 193 |
College of Liberal Arts | 640 | 520 | 227 | 625 | 998 |
College of Science and Engineering | 155 | 87 | 27 | 187 | 346 |
School of Nursing | 9 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 76 |
*Data for 2021–22 and later lists the numbers of majors and minors in each college who participated in a learning abroad program. The sum of the college numbers is greater than the total number of UMTC students who went abroad that year because a student will be counted more than once if they have a major in one college and a minor in another college.
Scholarships
1,326 scholarship applications were submitted by students, of which 247 were awarded a scholarship by the LAC (2022–23).
Pre-Health Student Resource Center Data
For more detailed information:
Student Program Enrollment Report
The Twin Cities Learning Abroad Center uses an application and enrollment management tool called Slate for students going abroad (beginning Fall 2021). To request access please complete the Tableau Reports Request form.
Open Doors Report Website
Open Doors tracks the number of U.S. students who studied abroad for credit during the academic year.
BTAA International Learning Mobility Benchmark—2016
UMTC Study Abroad Statistics, pre-12–13
University of Minnesota Criteria for a Learning Abroad Experience (PDF)
Time to Graduation Data
For college or department level data please contact your departmental/collegiate liaison